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Something You Once Knew will remind you of what you always hoped to be true and rekindle the wonder you lost along the way

I knew something was wrong

wrongful arrests

newly freed slaves

The Scarlet Pimpernel History_Gift_Guide Something You Once Knew willThe first and most successful in the Baronesss series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, The Scarlet Pimpernel was the blueprint for what became known as the masked avenger genre. As Anne Perry writes in her Introduction, the novel has almost reached its first centenary, and it is as vivid and appealing as ever because the plotting is perfect. It is a classic